Raul Grijalva

Raul Grijalva (19 February 1948-) was the representative from Arizona's 3rd congressional district in the US House of Representatives from 3 January 2013, succeeding Ben Quayle.

Biography
Raul Grijalva was born on 19 February 1948 in Tucson, Arizona, the son of a Mexican migrant worker in the United States. Grijalva was an active leftist, and he was a member of the socialist Raza Unida Party and a member of the Tucson Unified School District's school board. From 1989 to 2002, he served as a member of the Pima County Board of Supervisors, and on 3 January 2003 he was elected to the US House of Representatives to represent Arizona's 7th congressional district. As a progressive, he supported the rights of Mexican-Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants, and he was involved in pushing for immigration reform, eco-friendly policies, and economic reform. In 2013, he became the representative from the 3rd district, and he endorsed Bernie Sanders as the US Democratic Party's presidential nominee.